David catches up with engineer Sinéad Conneely of Simple Works at UKREiiF in Leeds to talk about personal and professional challenges, being a business owner in tough times, purpose-driven development, being a B-Corp, designing monasteries - and her hopes for the ultimate project: a velodrome

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David catches up with Deborah Saunt of DSDHA to walk through Somers Town, a hidden corner of London where her practice has stitched back the urban fabric between King's Cross' mega-projects based on play and popular green spaces

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Murray 4 Mayor. David catches up with Peter Murray to quiz him about his ambitions to be London Mayor in 2028. Why is he doing it? What are his main policies, aside from 'GSD' (Getting Stuff/Shit Done)? How much will it cost? And why does he think London has lost its way?

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David chairs a panel on the subject of loneliness at the Sixteen3 Showroom in Clerkenwell London with Alex Lifschutz of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Nicola Bacon of Social Life, and James Teatum of Noiascape. How can the built environment help reduce the impacts of this silent killer? Are new models of residential development the way forward? And is the modern world of screens and social media helping, or hindering?

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David meets up with founding partner of engineers Heyne Tillett Steel, Mark Tillett, to chat about the journeys both personal and professional in 20 years of practice, the image of the engineer in society, collaboration, cycling, low carbon, high energy, the stresses of being a business leader, a 6/10 optimism rating - and letting kids into the building to smash things up in exchange for sweets

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David takes a walk and talk with UKREiiF managing director Nathan Spencer through Westminster and St James' Park to discuss the past, present and future of the show; his humble origins, selling an Xbox to fund a job interview journey; diversity and inclusion; disrupting MIPIM; destination Leeds - and beyond; his ambitions on becoming an inward investment force...and his love of collecting Pokemon cards

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David catches up with John Nordon, creative director of Igloo, in Cannes in the south of France to celebrate cycling and 'bikepacking' there for MIPIM from Rome, the 20th anniversary of the Club Peloton charity ride from London and the friends and business ventures it has spawned, 'whatever works' and new approaches to development - and the time when Rafael Vinoly nearly torched a university on John's behalf...

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David travels to City Island in London to talk to Stevan Tennant, managing director, development, at Ballymore, about getting the ingredients right for regeneration, his hopes for Camley Street in King's Cross, housing, ballet and other cultural magnets - and how his vinyl music collection is perhaps a bit like creating places with authenticity and heart

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David catches up with Place recruitment guru and bundle of energy Tamsyn Curley to discuss architecture, candidates and applicants, the firms and people she admires most, gym workout sessions at dawn six days a week...and her love of all things Ibiza

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David travels to a showflat in Clapham Quarter to meet Andrew Whiting of Hût Architects (its designer) and Jamila Saha of Haworth Tompkins to discuss 'Build the Way', an entry-level architecture traineeship providing an alternative and accessible route into the built environment professions that Whiting has helped develop and Saha has enjoyed

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